Graduates reminded on use of weapons

Graduates of the Regional Security System’s (RSS) Instructors/ Range Supervision Course have been reminded of the importance of being disciplined in how they use of their weapons.

 

Addressing a recent Closing Ceremony at the RSS Training Facility at Paragon, Director of Operations & Plans with the RSS, Lieutenant Colonel Glyne Grannum cautioned that “a shot fired cannot be recalled.”

 

“The use deadly force remains a last resort. Thus, among the many things that you have learnt on this course, always remember that a shot fired cannot be recalled. You and those you train in the use of weapons whether they be police or military persons, serving on land or on seas will always be responsible and accountable for the application of armed force.”

 

He further urged the 19 participants to “spare no effort in preparing your subordinates in critical decision-making for the dangerous, complex and at times ambiguous circumstances that could well confront them in the tactical and operational settings they will find themselves.”

 

The police officers and Defence Force personnel participating in the four-week Course were drawn from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, St. Christopher and Nevis, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. 

 

Grannum explained that during the four weeks, graduates were exposed to areas including the application of Weapon Danger Areas and the traditional notions of security with instruction in lethal operational shooting to Stage 3. He further said that it is intended that through the successful delivery of the Course “to continue to ensure that our servicepersons can use their weapons, one, safely among their peers in the law enforcement, defence and security professions in the service of protection our people and, if necessary. Two, with the highest level of effectiveness and precision against all hostile threats.”